How to Verify Official Southeast Asia eVisa and Arrival Card Websites

Travelers often search for an eVisa or arrival card in a hurry and click the first sponsored result. That is risky. A private service may be legitimate if it clearly says what it does, but a copycat page can look official, collect passport data, and charge more than the government channel.

TL;DR: For Southeast Asia, verify the domain before entering passport details. Use the official portals listed below for Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, then compare any fee on the payment page with the government information shown there.

Official Portals to Verify

Use these official systems as the baseline when checking a visa or arrival-card website:

If a website is asking for payment or passport images but the domain is different from the official system you expected, stop and verify it from the country's immigration or government website.

How to Check Whether a Site Is Official

Use these checks before you type passport details:

1. Read the whole domain, not just the logo. evisa.gov.vn is not the same as a commercial domain that only contains the word "Vietnam" or "eVisa".
2. Prefer government subdomains. Southeast Asian immigration portals commonly use .gov, .go, .go.th, .gov.kh, .gov.vn, .gov.la, or official ministry domains.
3. Open the portal from a trusted route. Start from the immigration department, foreign affairs ministry, official arrival-card page, or a bookmark you already verified.
4. Check the payment page wording. If a page says it is an agency, facilitator, or processing service, it is not the government portal.
5. Do not trust "guaranteed approval" claims. Final approval belongs to the government, not a form-filling service.

Red Flags for Copycat Visa Pages

Be careful when you see:

• Search ads above the official portal.
• A .com, .net, or unrelated domain that uses flags and official-looking seals.
• Fees described vaguely as "processing", "support", "service", or "expedited handling".
• A checkout page that hides the government fee and only shows one bundled price.
• A request to upload passport images before the site clearly identifies who operates it.

Private agencies can help some travelers, but they should clearly disclose that they are private and show their service fee separately.

Where eVisaFlow Fits

Use the eVisaFlow Chrome extension only after you have confirmed the correct official portal. It helps you keep passport profiles ready and enter saved traveler information on supported official eVisa and arrival-card sites, while you stay on the government page for payment and submission.

Use it to reduce typing errors and prepare forms faster. Submit only after you confirm that you are on the correct official portal.

Official References

• Cambodia eVisa: https://evisa.gov.kh/
• Cambodia e-Arrival / V-Pass: https://arrival.gov.kh/
• Vietnam eVisa: https://evisa.gov.vn/
• Vietnam Tan Son Nhat pre-arrival information pilot: https://prearrival.immigration.gov.vn/
• Laos eVisa: https://laoevisa.gov.la/
• Laos arrival card: https://immigration.gov.la/
• Thailand TDAC: https://tdac.immigration.go.th/
• Indonesia eVisa: https://evisa.imigrasi.go.id/
• All Indonesia arrival declaration: https://allindonesia.imigrasi.go.id/
• Malaysia MDAC: https://imigresen-online.imi.gov.my/
• Singapore SG Arrival Card: https://eservices.ica.gov.sg/